21 corn bread recipes ideas

Hot Water Cornbread

This Hot Water Cornbread recipe only calls for 2 ingredients and is the perfect complement to nearly any meal! Cornbread is just a staple in the South. There aren’t many meals that aren’t perfectly complemented by a golden brown skillet of it. That said, we do have our variations. And Hot Water Cornbread is one of them. We Southerners do ‘fried’ cornbread several ways. My mama always made what she called ‘Fried Cornbread’ which was a most delicious cornbread made with cornmeal and buttermilk that you simply fried. It was a constant alongside homemade vegetable soup and often made an appearance beside chili too. It’s also great to pile some greens or beans right on top of. This is another variation, which produces a